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Political Sociology, Hegemony and Covid-19
Part I The second wave of the raging COVID-19 pandemic in India has raised questions about the legitimacy of the BJP regime: How have the...


A Red Lunar Lust: The Exodus of Identity
“It is the very error of the moon; she comes nearer earth than she was won’t, And makes men mad” ~ William Shakespeare Image Credits:...


Your Vote - Your Social Media : Can they be Linked?
Image Credits: Al Jazeera Political communication can be defined as the flow of information and messages among political actors,...


A Samurai's Ikigai: Chronicling Japan's Olympic March
A good samurai was born after fetal distress to and excessive bleeding from the womb of the Land of the Rising Sun. This event was...


The Politics of Political Correctness in India: Identity Politics and Snares of Capitalism
Political correctness is a term as beleaguered as currency in today’s day and age. The phrase began as an in-joke among leftists to...


Behind Nuptial Doors: Marital Rape in India
Image Credits: Reddit Trigger Warning: The following article contains use of terminology related to sexual violence. Reader’s discretion...


Pegasus and the Securitization of Politics
But since it is difficult for a ruler to be both feared and loved, it is much safer to be feared than loved, if one of the two must be...


From Seamless to Steam-less: The Decline of the Bengali Āddā
Ah, to close one’s eyes and remember the ‘City of Joy’. The trailing trams, the marble building of the Victoria Memorial, the majestic...


Decoding the Systems: Understanding Parliamentary and Presidential Democracies
Image Credits : CNN The distinction between the presidential and the parliamentary regimes is one of the fundamental dichotomies of...


The Dragon Respawns: A 5th Generation of Hegemony
Image Credits: The Washington Post Despite all the efforts by the US and its allies, China still remains the top supplier of 5G equipment...


The Whitewashed International Media
The murder of the 46 year old George Floyd, on May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, at the hands of a white cop has raised certain important...


Adolescent Sexuality in India
Image Credits: Spectrum The particular topic of adolescent sexuality piqued my curiosity because of the simple fact that it is never...


Capital Hegemony, Authoritarianism and Academic Freedom
I The resignations of Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian from Ashoka University have justifiably attracted global attention...


Cinematic Chronicles of Casteism
Jai and Veeru from the iconic film Sholay were caste-less in the 1980s, and then, with ‘progressing’ times, we acquired ‘class’ in Indian...


The Modern Vitamins: Exploring Significance of Rare Earth
‘Rare Earth’ refers to a group of seventeen chemically similar elements sharing certain exceptional magnetic and conductive properties....


Countering A Respectable Queer Public: Refusals to Assimilate
“Each time we address a public, as I am doing now with these words, we draw on what seems like simple common sense. If we did not have a...


Can Art Start a Revolution?
Guest Opinion Art refers to anything created with imagination—such as a painting, a mellifluous note of music, graffiti, literature,...


UAPA and the Subversion of Civil Liberties in India
On September 13, 2020 former PhD scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a political activist, Umar Khalid was arrested by the...


Indian Federalism and the Banal Politics of the GNCTD (Amendment) Act, 2021
Guest Opinion Introduction India is a multicultural and multifaceted country with innumerable asymmetries abound. The Indian experience...


The Verlängert Krieg Of a Century: Israeli-Palestinian Tussle
Guest Opinion "War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other" - Niko Bellic Introduction The...
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